Mariah Carey

NEW YORK (AP) — Mariah Carey is determined to have a better New Year's Eve than in 2016 — she is returning to “Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest” after last year's debacle.

The Grammy-winning singer's live performance in Times Square on New Year's Eve 2016 was marked by problems. She was visibly upset and at points stopped singing, despite a pre-recorded track playing in the background. The performance went viral for all the wrong reasons.

Afterward, Carey posted a meme of herself on social media with the message “(expletive happens).” But it also led to a public spat between the best-selling singer and dick clark productions as to who was at fault, with...

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